AIR CHARTER SERVICE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£11M
+46.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
-4.2% vs 2024
Employees
197
-1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£175K
-92.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,425,000 | £19,631,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,644,000 | £396,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,449,000 | £175,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,673,000 | £154,000 | |
| Cash | £7,556,000 | £11,091,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,525,000 | £11,216,000 | |
| Net assets | £11,180,000 | £10,707,000 | |
| Equity | £11,180,000 | £10,707,000 | |
| Average employees | 200 | 197 | |
| Wages | £15,391,000 | £16,203,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.9% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 8.2% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.1% | 3.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.7% | 71.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.22x | |
| Interest cover | 13.56x | 1.79x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As the Company is part of the Group headed by Mountfitchet Group Limited and participates in the Group's treasury activities, the directors have included the Company as part of its going concern assessment of the Group. Based on cash flow forecasts up to 12 months from the signing of these statements the Group expects to have sufficient cash reserves in that period and therefore the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements (see accounting policies note on page 13).”
Group structure
- AIR CHARTER SERVICE LIMITED · parent
- Air Courier Service Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events which have occurred since the end of the financial year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAEED, Omar | Secretary | 2017-10-03 | — | — |
| CRISTOFOLI, James | Director | 2017-02-01 | Jul 1982 | British |
| GALLIMORE, Katie | Director | 2018-01-01 | Jul 1982 | British |
| HOWES, Jessie Susan | Director | 2021-05-04 | May 1990 | British |
| LAMB-GUHREN, Natasha | Director | 2023-10-09 | May 1989 | British |
| LANCASTER, Justin James, Mr. | Director | 2016-04-08 | Nov 1977 | British |
| LEACH, James Jonathan | Director | 2011-03-21 | Mar 1984 | British |
| PURTON, Matthew Edward | Director | 2011-01-21 | Jul 1980 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEACH, Christine Jennifer | Secretary | — | 2017-10-03 |
| ADAMS, Christopher Charles | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1999-02-05 |
| BARENTSEN, Carlo | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2003-05-30 |
| BAUCKHAM, Anthony Edmund | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2013-10-24 |
| BISHOP, Robert Andrew | Director | 2011-03-21 | 2016-09-07 |
| BOWMAN, Justin Christopher | Director | 2013-10-24 | 2016-09-07 |
| BOWMAN, Justin Christopher | Director | 1998-09-18 | 2011-03-21 |
| BRAY, Thomas James | Director | 2011-03-21 | 2016-09-07 |
| COPUS, Gavin John | Director | 2012-12-01 | 2016-09-07 |
| COPUS, Gavin | Director | 2008-04-23 | 2009-01-19 |
| COURTNEY, Ruan | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2008-04-23 |
| FENN, Joel Morgan | Director | 2009-11-30 | 2013-03-03 |
| HERON, Georgina June | Director | 2018-05-15 | 2024-03-11 |
| LANCASTER, Justin James | Director | 2008-04-23 | 2011-03-21 |
| LEACH, Christine Jennifer | Director | — | 2011-03-21 |
| LEACH, Christopher Denis Stephen | Director | 2013-10-24 | 2016-09-07 |
| LEACH, Christopher Denis Stephen | Director | — | 2011-03-21 |
| MALEMPRE, David Victor | Director | 2005-02-07 | 2011-03-21 |
| MANSELL, Christopher William | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2018-05-15 |
| MORGAN EVANS, Daniel Rupert | Director | 2011-01-21 | 2017-02-01 |
| PERKINS, Hannah Clarissa | Director | 2012-06-25 | 2013-07-04 |
| PITT, Stewart | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2011-03-21 |
| ROBINSON, Lloyd | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2016-09-07 |
| SADAT-SHAFAI, Alexander | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2018-01-01 |
| SADLER, Alexander David James | Director | 2021-05-04 | 2024-11-28 |
| SAEED, Omar | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2016-09-07 |
| SIMMONS, Tamsin Melanie | Director | 2011-03-21 | 2016-09-07 |
| SMITH, Taylor | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2023-09-29 |
| THOMPSON, Jon Michael | Director | 2009-01-21 | 2012-07-31 |
| VEKHOV, Sergey | Director | 2000-02-12 | 2008-04-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Charter Service Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 248 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-10-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-18 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-08-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
-3.9%
£20,425,000 £19,631,000
-
Cash
+46.8%
£7,556,000 £11,091,000
-
Net assets
-4.2%
£11,180,000 £10,707,000
-
Employees
-1.5%
200 197
-
Operating profit
-85%
£2,644,000 £396,000
-
Profit before tax
-92.9%
£2,449,000 £175,000
-
Wages
+5.3%
£15,391,000 £16,203,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers